Garden paths. Do-it-yourself design elements

Garden paths are more than just a winding strip that allows you to comfortably move around the garden.

It carries not only the functional load, but also is an element of the decoration of your site.

Therefore, it is very important that their appearance harmoniously fit into the overall landscape style.

To do this, you need to carefully consider where and how to lay tracks, and most importantly, determine the direction, purpose and their design. As a rule, the house is taken as the starting point, and the main route is laid without sharp turns.

As for the garden paths for walks that surround shrubs or rockeries, it is better to make them winding.

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Garden paths from concrete

The most popular material for garden paths is concrete or slabs. The slab can also be made of concrete or natural stone. Sometimes, a person who does not have special knowledge, does not notice the difference between them.

Thanks to modern technology, concrete can completely imitate the texture of natural stone, and it is much cheaper.

Also, concrete paths are made of capital in those areas where high loads are assumed.

For these purposes, a shallow bed is dug up, about 15 cm. In places of accumulation of thawed or rain water it is necessary to ensure its discharge.

At the bottom of the bed poured sand, which is leveled and well compacted.

This drainage layer should be no more than 5 cm. The sides of the bed are framed with a special curb tape, but if it is not there, it can be replaced with old linoleum or roofing material cut into tapes.

Often this basis is made at ground level. However, if you want to make the garden path higher, then for the formwork they use boards or strips of laminated plywood.

To avoid the destruction of the concrete base it equip with thermal seams, or reinforced.

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Paths from a natural stone, pebble or crushed stone

What could be more beautiful and sleeker natural material? Paths made of natural stone look great where there are elements such as rockeries, rock gardens and retaining walls. That is, wherever in the design of the garden there is a stone. Such tracks are very easy to make yourself.

It is enough to order a stone and lay it on the prepared drainage close to it, or leave a small distance between the stones, which is then filled with small stone chips or pebbles.

Gravel, crushed stone or pebbles are perfect for paving, they are not only cheaper, but it is much easier to work with them.

They fit perfectly in any style of landscape design and are perfectly combined with garden architecture.

For example, for a garden in the oriental style, small gravelly grounds are typical, with a graphic pattern made on it. Such techniques give the garden an aesthetic and mysterious look.

Garden path from a tree trunk and a bar

For many it becomes a real discovery that the paths of unremarkable material such as trunks and branches of sawn garden trees can decorate a country or summer cottage.

To create such a path yourself, you need to prepare a powerful saw, linseed oil, plastic film and a sawed tree. Then we proceed to sawing the trunk into small circles, the thickness of which will be 10-15 cm. It will be more effective to look if the diameter of the trunks is different.

The next stage of work will be heating the drying oil to a boil and covering all circles. While the circles will dry up, you need to prepare the track itself.

Having clearly defined its width and location, it is necessary to remove 45 cm of the soil, cover it with plastic wrap and pour sand. Dry saw cuts are laid on a well-compacted sand cushion.

No less interesting are the tracks from a bar of asymmetrical dimensions, which gives it an original appearance. But, if you need a strong and comfortable walkway, then it is better to choose a thick and wide beam.

You can use pine bark, sand, gravel and granite sifting together with a bar. However, it is worth noting that it is better not to use more than three elements, as this will disturb the balance and rhythm of the track.

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